Jesse will create live visuals for the NYC premiere of Wadada Leo Smith‘s Ten Freedom Summers, performed by Smith’s Golden Quartet and the Pacific Coral Reef Ensemble at Roulette in Brooklyn, May 1-3, 2013.

From Roulette’s site:

The illustrious trumpeter-composer WADADA LEO SMITH will present a complete version of the 5-hour work that stunned the jazz world last fall: The New York premiere of Ten Freedom Summers, a cycle of compositions about the American civil rights movement.

Ten Freedom Summers is the result of the research and reflection concerning the philosophical, social and political history of the United States of America. Ten Freedom Summers is programmed as three evenings of music, and is composed for Golden Quartet and the Pacifica Coral Reef Ensemble.

Location:  Roulette
509 Atlantic Ave.
Brooklyn, NY  11217

Tickets are $20:
May 1
May 2
May 3